“It’s all taking the customer’s money and giving him exactly what he wants and then leaving him poorer than when he started.”
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
“From that original perception of the Indians as the originators of the American style of speech had come an expansion: The Indians were the originators of the American style of life. The American personality is a mixture of European and Indian values. When you see this you begin to see a lot of things that have never been explained before.”
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
“These were the underdogs, the outsiders, the pariahs, the sinners of his system. But the reason he was so concerned about them was that he felt the quality and strength of his entire system of organization depended on how he treated them. If he treated the pariahs well he would have a good system. If he treated them badly he would have a weak one.”
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
“The idea that “all men are created equal” is a gift to the world from the American Indian.”
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
“When she first came here she used to think there was somebody up in those big buildings who knows what's going on here. They would never come down and talk to her. After a while she found out nobody knows what's going on.”
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
― Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals
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